As Gabby Thomas gears up for the Grand Athlos event on October 10, 2025, the American sprinter carries the weight of her Olympic legacy. A Harvard grad with a blazing 200m stride, Thomas stormed the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, snagging a Bronze in the 200m with a 21.87 third-place finish and a Silver in the 4x100m relay. Despite her speed and grit that made her a standout, the road to those medals was anything but smooth. So, what challenges did she face before her Tokyo triumph?

Just weeks before the U.S. Olympic Trials, Thomas hit a terrifying speed bump. On a YouTube podcast The Squeeze , she opened up about a harrowing health scare: “That was a really stressful time period. So, I did have a slight hamstring injury strain. And I got a routine MRI for that. In the MRI, they found a mas

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